OPEN CLICK ORLANDO.COM. CATCH IT THERE. NOW TO THE BIG SPI IT THERE. NOW TO THE BIG SPILL. DOWNTOWN DISNEY. YES. WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS. INCREDIBLE STILL. I DON'T MEAN TO LAUGH I'M SURE IT WAS NOT FUN FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE T REX RESTAURANT IN DOWNTOWN DISNEY. BIG TANK SPRANG A LEAK DURING DINNER. DUMP WATER ALL OVER THE PLACE. WE HAVE MORE OF THE VIDEO AND WHAT WENT WRONG. L. THE CAFE HERE SAYS IT WAS A FAULTY SEAM THAT CAUSED THAT MASSIVE LEAK. NOW WE ARE TALKING TO AN AQUARIUM EXPERT WHO TELLS US WHAT THE RESTAURANT HAS TO DO NEXT. THE CENTER FISH TANK AT THE T REX CAFE DOWNTOWN DISNEY NOW EMPTY AND THIS AREA NOW CLOSED OFF TO GUEST AFTER FISH TANK BURST AT THE SEAM DURING MONDAY DINNER RUSH. BILL HAMELL IS AN EXPERT ON SUPER SIZE FISH TANK. HE SAYS THIS TANK SHOULD NOT BE USED AGAIN. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE WHOLE ENTIRE SEAM COULD HAVE POPPED AND WHOLE THING COULD HAVE FLOODED THE FLOOR LIKE THAT. YOU HAVE ELECTRICITY UNDERNEATH IT. YOU HAVE PUMP RUNNING AND LIGHTING. Reporter: HE SAYS THE PROBLEM LIE WAS CYLINDER TANK HELD TOGETHER BY 2 SEAM. PEOPLE WILL TAKE 2 HALF CIRCLE AND GLUE THEM TOGETHER AND WHEN YOU GET A TANK THAT IS 2 OR 3000 GALLONS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 24,000, 30,000 POUND OF PRESSURE TRYING TO ESCAPE. Reporter: CROWD WHIPPED OUT THE I-PHONE AND CAMERA TO CAPTURE THE WATER GUSHING OUT OF A 6 TO 8 FOOT TANK. EMPLOYEE AT THE CAFE SCRAMBLE TO CLEAR THE TABLES AROUND THE TANK. IN THIS VIDEO SHOT BY PATRON KATE WALLACE A STEADY STREAM OF WATER FLOWING OUT OF THE TANK. WAITER CASUALLY WAVES AT THE CAMERA AS NOT MUCH HE CAN DO. THIS INSTAGRAM VIDEO CAPTURE THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF WATER POURING OUT TO TABLE NEARBY. T REX CAFE OWNED BY LANDRY RESTAURANT WHO SAID QUOTA SALE FAILED ON THE TANK CAUSING WATER TO LEAK. EMPLOYEE TOOK ACTION AND DID A GRIT JOB RESCUING ALL THE MARINE LIFE. CARING FOR OUR GUEST AND MANAGING THE SITUATION END QUOTE. RESTAURANT TELLS ME THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED YET IF THEY FIX

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Customers inside the T-Rex Cafe in Downtown Disney were sent scrambling Monday night after a fish tank inside burst open during dinner.

Katie Wallace posted a picture of the tank to her Twitter page just seconds after it happened. She says without warning, water began gushing out of a seam in the tank. Wallace says restaurant workers quickly rushed in to get people out of the way and save the fish.

A Disney spokeswoman called the leak small. She says some fish were removed as a precaution and some tables in the restaurant had to be relocated.

No people were injured and it's believed all the fish were saved. On Tuesday, lunch was being served at the restaurant and the tank was being fixed.

Local 6 learned the T-Rex Cafe is a contracted company owned by Landry Hospitality, which owns Bubba Gump Shrimp Company and Rainforest Cafe along with the T-Rex restaurant.

"A seal failed on the tank causing water to leak. Employees took action and did a great job rescuing all of the marine life, caring for our guests and managing the situation," said Keith Beitler, Senior Vice President Chief Operating Officer of the Specialty Restaurants Division. "The marine life has been moved to holding tanks and the restaurant is open for business as usual."

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